Comments for "Flying Steamroller" Video at VideoSift.com

By AeroMechanical

AeroMechanical (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/AeroMechanical) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:05:24 -0800

I imagine the steamroller's rollers(?) are empty. Even so, I wonder how much one of those things weighs.

By kronosposeidon

kronosposeidon (http://kronosposeidon.videosift.com) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:01:15 -0800

Well there's something you don't see every day. I like how he cut the engine once it was off the ground so you could enjoy the movement in complete silence.

By schmawy

schmawy (http://schmawy.videosift.com) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:44:24 -0800

I love Burden's work. He does great stuff.

By southblvd

southblvd (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/southblvd) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:49:33 -0800

This makes sense?

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy various forms of art. But what's going on here? I'd like to hear his explanation of it.

By critttter

critttter (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/critttter) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:15:21 -0800

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Chris Burden gained notoriety through such performance pieces as 'Through the Night Softly' (1973) in which he slithered through glass on his stomach with his hands tied behind his back. He purchased a prime time television slot and aired a video tape of this performance to much controversy and consternation. His other pieces include having an assistant shoot him in the arm.

I've been searching the internet for his explanationof the 'flying steamroller', to no avail so far. I think it's supposed to be viewed at face value.

By critttter

critttter (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/critttter) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:27:30 -0800

"I imagine the steamroller's rollers(?) are empty. Even so, I wonder how much one of those things weighs."

I wonder how much this cost!

By schmawy

schmawy (http://schmawy.videosift.com) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:40:25 -0800

I think it's about the visual experience, making a massive object float silently through the air. I remember a piece that was a giant steel wheel, about 3 meters high. He backed a motorcycle up to it and took it up through fouth gear and shut it off. That massive wheel spun silently for days.

Then there was the "crucified on a volkswagen thing".

>> ^southblvd:
This makes sense?

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy various forms of art. But what's going on here? I'd like to hear his explanation of it.

By swedishfriend

swedishfriend (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/swedishfriend) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:53:08 -0800

re: southblvd.
Just watch. When that heavy steamroller floats above the ground it feels to me as something novel and a little weird to see such a "pushing-on-the-ground" object floating silently above it. Cool to me.
-Karl

By kronosposeidon

kronosposeidon (http://kronosposeidon.videosift.com) — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:56:29 -0700

*Promote the arts

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siftbot (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:56:30 -0700

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By Krupo

Krupo (http://krupo.videosift.com) — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:27:42 -0700

Um, um... *spacy!

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By kronosposeidon

kronosposeidon (http://kronosposeidon.videosift.com) — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:13:18 -0700

It took some *engineering knowledge to pull this stunt off too.

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siftbot (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:13:18 -0700

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By Pooterius

Pooterius (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/Pooterius) — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:11:39 -0700

This appears to be art for art's sake. Chairman Mao is rolling in his grave.

By schmawy

schmawy (http://schmawy.videosift.com) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:14:51 -0700

Spin, Chairman, Spin.

*promote

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By choggie

choggie (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/choggie) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:20:38 -0700

hell yeahs....

By kronosposeidon

kronosposeidon (http://kronosposeidon.videosift.com) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:18:28 -0700

*wheels

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siftbot (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:18:28 -0700

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